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c. E. PRETAT, or NEW YORK, n. Y.

PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUM.

Speciiication forming part of Letters Patent No. @49890, dated November 1, 1864.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES E. PETAT, a citizen ofthe United States, residing in the city, county, and State of New Yoik, have invented and discovered certain Improvements in the Construction of Photographic Albums, of which the following is a specication.

My improvements consist, Iirst, in the construction, in the manner herein described, or" photographic albums in metal of such size that they may be att-ached to bracelets, watchchains, iinger-riu gs, or brooches, and used and worn as personal ornaments; and, second, in the method ot' attaching the leaves of photographic albums to the covers, and of securing the pictures in place, which are applicable to albums of any size or material.

The improvements are fully shown in the annexed drawings. Figure 1 is a perspective view of the album, with leaves partly open. Fig. 2 is a perspective view with leaves open ed fully. Fig. 3 is a view of the back and sides, the leaves being removed. Fig. t is an end view of back and sides. Fig. 5 is an end view ot' album with leaves opened. Fig. 6 is an end view with leaves closed. Figs. 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11 are front and end views of the leaves separately. Figs. 12, 13, and 14 are views in section ot' the leaves, showing the method ot' inserting and securing the picture. Figs. 15, 16, 17, and 18 show the method of forming the joint by which the leaves are secured in place. Fig. 19 shows the pin upon which the leaves are adjusted when in place.

The method of construction is as follows: The back a and sides b b are hinged together', as shown in Fig. On the inside of the back two sockets, c c, are attached, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. The leaves intended to hold the pictures, which in small sized albums should be ot' metal, are constructed as follows: Two plates are fastened together, with openin gs in the middle for the exhibition of the pictures, and having a narrow aperture at the top 0r bottom for the admission of the pictures, this aperturebeing fitted with a thin strip of metal, f, hinged at one end, so that it can bc opener" or closed at pleasure. (See Figs. 12, 13, 14.) The inner edge of each leat' is cut, so that its section corresponds to the curve of the surface ot the sockets c c. The leaves e e are sccurcd in place by rings d d, attached to their inner edges. These rings are equal in diameter to the socll ets c c, and are attached to the leaves respectively in the positions shown in Figs. 7, 8, 9, 10, and 1l; Fig. 7 showing the middle leaf, 8 and 9 those next the middle on each side, and 10 and 11 the outer leaves. Gare must be taken to attach the rings to the leaves in the proper places, regard being had to the positions the leaves are to occupy in the book, otherwise they will not open readily without bending. A hollow pin, g, passing through the sockets c c and rings d d, secures the leaves in place.

The rings d d are attached to the leaves as follows: A cutis made through the side ot the ring, (see Fig. 15,) and a thin plate ot' metal soldered unto it, a corresponding cut i then made in the leaf, and the piece of metal attached to the ring soldered into it. (See Figs. 16 and 17). The superuous metal is then trimmed away. By this method a rmer and more solid joint is formed than can be made by soldering the ring directly to the leaf.

It should be observed that the album may ge made in any desired form, as circular, oval,

What I claim as my invention and discovery, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The construction of a photographic alium, substantially as above describethin which all the leaves are hinged and turn upon a single pin or pivot, and also the arrangelnent for opening and closing the apertures for the admission of the pictures.

2. r1`he construction of the joint by which the leaves are attached to the hinges, as above described.

C. E. PRTAT.

Witnesses SAML. J. GLAssEv, J. H. Duran. 

